National Collegiate Financial Planning Championship

Summary of Success for FHSU

Fort Hays State University has participated in the Financial Planning Challenge (formerly the Ameriprise Financial Planning Invitational), the national collegiate financial planning championship, from 2001 until 2008 and again in 2010 and 2011 (there was not a competition in 2009). The competition, sponsored by the Academy of Financial Services (AFS), Ameriprise Financial (Founding Corporate Partner), Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), and the Financial Planning Association® (FPA®), is open to universities that have CFP Board-registered undergraduate programs in financial planning. The competition has three phases: a written financial plan, an oral presentation of the plan, and a game show competition. The teams with the top eight written financial plans in the country advance to the finals to present their plans and participate in the game show. Fort Hays has been in the top five in the nation every year it competed.

1st Place - Fort Hays State University (1st in written presentation and game show competition) 2nd Place - William Paterson University of New Jersey3rd Place - Kansas State University Participating - University of Georgia, Metro State University, University of Missouri, Texas Tech University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and William Paterson University of New Jersey (second team)

2010

1st Place -William Paterson University of New Jersey2nd Place - Fort Hays State University3rd Place - Colorado State University Participating - Kansas State University (two teams), Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, and Western Carolina University

2008

1st Place - Wright State University 2nd Place - University of Georgia3rd Place - Fort Hays State University Participating - Appalachian State University, Kansas State University, Mississippi State University, Slippery Rock University, and Virginia Tech University

2007

1st Place - Virginia Tech University 2nd Place - Kansas State University3rd Place - Fort Hays State University Participating - Appalachian State University, Minnesota State University, Slippery Rock University, Texas Tech University, and Wright State University

2006

1st Place - Kansas State University2nd Place - Texas Tech University3rd Place - Slippery Rock University4th Place - Fort Hays State University (1st in oral presentation) Participating - University of Hawaii-Manoa, Minnesota State University, Virginia Tech University, and Wright State University

2005

1st Place - Kansas State University2nd Place - Purdue University 3rd Place - Texas Tech University4th Place - Fort Hays State University (1st in oral presentation) Participating - Minnesota State University, University of Missouri, Ohio State University, and Wright State University

2004

1st Place - Virginia Tech University2nd Place - Texas Tech University3rd Place - University of Western Carolina 5th Place - Fort Hays State University Participating - Kansas State University, Minnesota State University, Slippery Rock University, and Wright State University

2003

1st Place - Kansas State University2nd Place - Virginia Tech University3rd Place - Fort Hays State University Participating - Baylor University, Texas Tech University, and University of Western Carolina

2002

1st Place - Fort Hays State University2nd Place - University of Western Carolina3rd Place - Kansas State UniversityParticipating - Slippery Rock University, Texas Tech University, and Virginia Tech University

2001

1st Place - Fort Hays State University (1st in written and oral presentation) 2nd Place - University of Western Carolina3rd Place - University of North Texas Participating - California State University-Fullerton, Kansas State University, and Minnesota State University